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This paper considers secure communication in buffer-aided cooperative wireless networks in the presence of one eavesdropper, which can intercept the data transmission from both the source and relay nodes. A new max-ratio relaying protocol…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-18 Jiayu Zhou , Deli Qiao , Haifeng Qian

We propose efficient-phase-encoding protocols for continuous-variable quantum key distribution using coherent states and postselection. By these phase encodings, the probability of basis mismatch is reduced and total efficiency is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-09-29 Ryo Namiki , Takuya Hirano

Quantum privacy amplification is a central task in quantum cryptography. Given shared randomness, which is initially correlated with a quantum system held by an eavesdropper, the goal is to extract uniform randomness which is decoupled from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-23 Robert Salzmann , Nilanjana Datta

A novel secure communication protocol is presented, based on an entangled pair of qubits and allowing asymptotically secure key distribution and quasi-secure direct communication. Since the information is transferred in a deterministic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Kim Bostroem , Timo Felbinger

An intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) can adaptively adjust the phase shifts of its reflecting units to strengthen the desired signal and/or suppress the undesired signal. In this letter, we investigate an IRS-aided secure wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-28 Miao Cui , Guangchi Zhang , Rui Zhang

Encryption prevents unauthorized decoding, but does not ensure stealth---a security demand that a mere presence of a message be undetectable. We characterize the ultimate limit of covert communication that is secure against the most…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-31 Boulat A. Bash , Andrei H. Gheorghe , Monika Patel , Jonathan Habif , Dennis Goeckel , Don Towsley , Saikat Guha

Covert communication offers a method to transmit messages in such a way that it is not possible to detect that the communication is happening at all. In this work, we report an experimental demonstration of covert communication that is…

We report an experimental implementation of free-space quantum secure direct communication based on single photons. The quantum communication scheme uses phase encoding, and the asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer is optimized so as to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-04 Dong Pan , Zaisheng Lin , Jiawei Wu , Zhen Sun , Dong Ruan , Liuguo Yin , Guilu Long

We investigate quantum repeater protocols based upon atomic qubit-entanglement distribution through optical coherent-state communication. Various measurement schemes for an optical mode entangled with two spatially separated atomic qubits…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-12-14 Peter van Loock , Norbert Lütkenhaus , W. J. Munro , Kae Nemoto

Steganography is an alternative to cryptography, where information is protected by secrecy -- being disguised as innocent communication or noise -- rather than being scrambled. In this work we develop schemes for steganographic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-05 Bruno Avritzer , Todd Brun

We attempt to propose the first orthogonal-state-based protocols of measurement-device-independent quantum secure direct communication and quantum dialogue employing single basis, i.e., Bell basis as decoy qubits for eavesdropping…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-01 Chitra Shukla , Abhishek Shukla , Symeon Chatzinotas , Milos Nesladek

We present a quantum secure direct communication protocol where the channels are not maximally entangled states. The communication parties utilize decoy photons to check eavesdropping. After ensuring the security of the quantum channel, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-02-19 Jian Wang , Quan Zhang , Chao-jing Tang

We demonstrate high-rate randomized data-encryption through optical fibers using the inherent quantum-measurement noise of coherent states of light. Specifically, we demonstrate 650Mbps data encryption through a 10Gbps data-bearing, in-line…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Eric Corndorf , Chuang Liang , Gerg S. Kanter , Prem Kumar , Horace P. Yuen

This paper examines the secrecy performance of millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) communications with imperfect hardware and uncertain eavesdropper location. We consider a multiple-antenna source communicating with a single-antenna destination using…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-07 Saeed Mashdour , Majid Moradikia , Phee Lep Yeoh

In this work, a class of information theoretic secrecy problems is addressed where the eavesdropper channel states are completely unknown to the legitimate parties. In particular, MIMO wiretap channel models are considered where the channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-07-28 Xiang He , Aylin Yener

With the increasing demand for secure communication in optical space networks, it is essential to develop physical-layer scalable security solutions. In this context, we present the asymptotic security analysis of a keyless quantum private…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-12 Angeles Vazquez-Castro , Andreas Winter , Hugo Zbinden

We propose a scheme for quantum cryptography that uses the squeezing phase of a two-mode squeezed state to transmit information securely between two parties. The basic principle behind this scheme is the fact that each mode of the squeezed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-08-27 Alberto M. Marino , C. R. Stroud,

One of the most fascinating aspects of quantum mechanics is the principle impossibility of deterministic errorless discrimination of nonorthogonal signals, such as coherent states. On the one hand, it prevents perfect cloning of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-10 Denis Sych , Gerd Leuchs

In this paper, we study multibeam satellite secure communication through physical (PHY) layer security techniques, i.e., joint power control and beamforming. By first assuming that the Channel State Information (CSI) is available and the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Jiang Lei , Zhu Han , M. A. Vázquez-Castro , Are Hjørungnes

The communication of directions using quantum states is a useful laboratory test for some basic facts of quantum information. For a system of spin-1/2 particles there are different quantum states that can encode directions. This information…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Bagan , M. Baig , R. Munoz-Tapia